Realm of Power

The Battle of the Southwest was dramatic again.

The Song fleet, which was originally considered to be destined to die, actually sailed up the river at night, which caused the senior officials of the Long family to almost go berserk. Not only because of the Song's renegade, but also because the Song fleet had the ability to travel backwards in the river. I was shocked. It’s not that there are no ways for Chinese and African ships to travel against the river, but most of them are of similar size. The small boat was either manually stretched or supported by wooden rafts. But this time, when the angry Long family light cavalry going up the river discovered the Song fleet, they almost lost it. Believe their eyes, what they saw was not a ship, but huge monsters.

I saw that there was a huge wheel on the side of each Song ship, and the height even exceeded the side of the ship. From a distance, it looked like an overturning car in the field.

The water flow like Bailang waterfall flows down from these rotating flaps, falling on the water surface and making a fierce impact sound.

"Hua Hua"

Every turn of the huge churning wheel pushes the heavy bow like a wave-breaking cone, fiercely splitting the waves that are beating in the reverse direction.

In addition to the huge runner located on the right side of the hull, there is also a row of wooden sail oars of astonishing length on the left side of the hull. Each wooden sail oar is more than ten meters long. From a distance, it looks like The rows of centipede legs kicked back, and the driving force generated by this made the huge Song boat, although not as powerful as the meteors flowing down the river, still as steady as a huge giant stepping on the river. Moving forward steadily

"Asshole, we must not let the Song people escape!"

The Long family's light cavalry all looked pale and gritted their teeth as they chased all the way along the river bank. However, every time they got too close, they would be shot down by arrows from the fleet. In the end, they could only hang at the back of the fleet. Long The captain of the family's light cavalry shouted ferociously, but it was in vain. The fleet was on the river and could not get close at all. He could only watch helplessly as more than a hundred large ships of the Song clan swaggered all the way north on the river.

"Report to the base camp quickly, the Song clan is trying to escape!" The panting captain of the Long family cavalry shouted to his subordinates behind him. His eyes were all red, and the fat in his mouth was about to fly away. How could he be willing to do so!

"Master, the Long family's light cavalry has discovered us. I believe Long Po's army will come to kill us soon. It's at least one day's journey from here to Guangmu. I'm afraid a bloody battle is unavoidable!" On the Song clan warship , Song Lu came up behind Song Que who was standing at the bow of the ship with a worried look on his face.

"A bloody battle? No, from the moment we boarded the ship and headed north, the Long family has lost its chance."

Song Que smiled coldly, shook his head and said, "Although the Long family is powerful, they are all infantry. What can they do on this torrent of water? It would be lucky to not be washed away by the flood, not to mention the struggle to climb. The only way to deal with our fleet is to mobilize a large number of heavy stone throwers to intercept it. , but where did Long Po get these catapults? Even if all three hundred thousand troops were used, it would be impossible to build enough catapults in a short time. Even if they could be made, how would they transport the heavy catapults? If we go ahead, even if Long Po is really an invincible commander, he will never be able to do this."

"In this case, why does the Patriarch need to show weakness on purpose? Before the Long family's two-front attack, our army could have marched northward." Song Lu looked puzzled. It was clear that the worst situation could be avoided, but what was the Patriarch's previous actions? for what

"Although our fleet can go north, if the empire does not open up the waterway, we will still be dead! The combat power of the imperial navy, Qinglong Bay is enough to explain everything. If the empire wants to block the waterway, we will send all the big ships If you throw them all in, I’m afraid you won’t be able to move ten miles through the waterway controlled by the empire.”

Song Que's eyes flickered and he said, "Not to mention, our army previously had 70,000 to 80,000 people, and the fleet could only carry about 30,000 people at most. What should we do with the remaining 40,000 people? If we don't express the situation of our Song people It's more miserable. How could those Shan tribes who have long been dissatisfied with our Song tribe jump out on their own initiative?" Song Que paused in his voice and curled his lips with disdain. "The leaders of the Shan tribes said, I don't know, five years ago. , about the Long family incident, they were the ones who tipped it off to the Long family.

"What! This...how is it possible!"

Song Lu's body shook violently. The real feud between the Long family and the Song clan actually started from that incident five years ago. The Song clan's invasion of the southwest can be seen as the aftermath of that incident. In other words, it was a subsequent outbreak, but even Song Lu did not expect that the leaders of the Southern Mountains would inform about it.

"Don't forget, our Song tribe is mainly in the Beishan. In the past thirty years, the power of the Beishan has been weakening day by day, while the Southern Mountain tribe has discovered a large number of refined copper mines in Kenshan twenty years ago. In addition, with the caravans in the Nanxi area, The power of trade has increased by three or four times. How can it be that we, the Song people, have been under our control for so long?"

Song Que's face revealed a bitter smile that he couldn't bear to look back on.

"Isn't it strange? After I entered the court, I saw it from a secret file in the court, and I realized that it was a conspiracy five years ago. That incident five years ago, First, he deliberately set up a trap to lure him, and then reported it to the Long family. Secretly behind, if Longshan’s arbitrary actions hadn’t ruined their plan, I might have fallen into the trap and ceded the valley with important resources to the Long family. When the time comes, they could use this to cause trouble. If it hadn’t been for Lin Hang Shengbian, original answer The court that should support the rebellion of the Nanshan tribe is unable to support it. I am afraid that the thirty-six tribes of the Nanshan tribe are no longer under the jurisdiction of our Song clan. Just like this southwest battle, all the hard and hard battles were fought by our Song clan. The tribes are fighting, and each tribe is either waiting and watching. Before, either to conserve their strength, only at Longyingkou, because of the emergence of the Guanglin Army, all the ministries could use some combat power. But what was the result? A small Longyingkou was attacked by an army of 50,000 for more than two days. He was almost defeated!"

“I knew at that moment that these Nanshan tribes were really unreliable!

"It's just because of the friendship that has existed for many years. I originally brought them out this time in the hope of consuming part of the mountain's power and seizing the southwest. At least the whole situation can be maintained. Since they jumped out on their own initiative, it can't be counted. We, the Song people, don't care about friendship." Song Que's body was filled with a cold and piercing murderous intention.

Song Lu, who was standing next to him, also had a pale face. He felt a chill on the back of his neck. He didn't know whether it was the river wind blowing behind him or the sweat on his body. This was the first time he knew that the item he wore five years ago was It’s no wonder that the Nanshan Department was behind the incident.

Why did the leaders of various tribes in Nanshan couldn't wait to start a quarrel after receiving a letter from the Long family? They originally planned to make the Song family the scapegoat.

"Since the Long family's attention is mainly on the Song people, they won't be too concerned about us. At this moment, there is really no need for us to wait for death with the Song people! Song Lu still remembers that day The scene, all the ministries resolutely evacuated from the Song camp, forcing the Song people to face the 300,000 Long family army alone. It was heart-breaking to add insult to injury.

Song Lu wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought that the people in the Nanshan Department were probably walking to escape from the encirclement of the Long family. He immediately became furious and his teeth itched with hatred. These people were eating everything inside and outside. Thing, if you want the Song family to attract the attention of the Long family, just wait and reap the consequences. Now that you have really broken up with each other , then it should be the moment when the sword is red. If these leaders of the Nanshan tribe are allowed to escape back to the southwest, who knows how big a storm will be caused. The reputation that the Song people have been working hard to maintain for more than a hundred years may also be lost. If they can't afford to bother them a few times, this kind of loss that directly shakes the foundation is far more serious than the current loss of military strength.

"Send the order and use all your strength to increase the speed of the wheel to the maximum." Song Lu ordered loudly, the people in the Nanshan Department must die! Once the Long family finds that it is unable to stop the Song tribe from advancing northward on the river, the next thing to do is to kill the Nanshan tribes who are fleeing on foot as prey. Otherwise, the military morale that the Long family has finally revived will inevitably lead to insecurity. A heavy blow that could be undone, the 300,000 Long family army allowed the Song clan to run away, how could the Long family lose their face!

"Yes, increase the speed to the maximum!" Song Lu's order was passed on. The huge wheel on the side of the boat was turning like a mountain falling apart, and the water was flowing. From a distance, it seemed that the entire river was boiling. The wheels on the boat were , is actually the rotation system of the Aden people, these large ships of the Song people It is the Aden naval transport ship captured in the Battle of Qinglong Bay. As the overlord of the South China Sea, the Kingdom of Aden already had this type of large transport ship with rotating configurations thirty years ago, but for the Central and African people who have never seen it, To a certain extent, these ships are monsters. In order to avoid being too alarmed, It was shocking to the world, so when the Song fleet marched north, these roulette wheels were placed in the cabin, so even the Zhongbia court did not know that such a large ship had such incredible equipment, otherwise The Long family has long been on guard. According to normal people's logic, such a huge ship , if you want to escape in the reverse direction, the only way is to pull it with manpower. In deep and dangerous areas, a large number of manpower must be mobilized to drag the warship in the reverse direction. If it is under normal circumstances, forget it. This is a battlefield. With the 300,000 Long Family Army Looking around with tiger eyes, the Song people are seeking death by doing this!

Because of this, the Long family was completely caught off guard this time.

The Song people, who had been trapped in a double-death situation, actually escaped by boat. Such a thing happened right in front of them.

"Use all your strength to stop the Song fleet from advancing northward, at all costs!" A messenger cavalry galloped out from Long Po's army and headed straight to the north. After the Long family negotiated with the empire, in order to prepare for the empire's possible southward march, Long Po left his confidant General Long Taitian on the slope of Fengmi City south of Guangmu. Twenty thousand Long family soldiers were also stationed on the slope of Fengmi City. This messenger cavalry went to the slope of Fengmi City.

Half a day later, on the slopes of Fengmi City in the south of Guangmu City, Long Taitian's sharp eyes like a hawk were focused on the river in front of him. High above his head was a large flag of the Long Family. Beneath the slope is the river. Although it is not a pass like Longyingkou, it is the narrowest section of the thirty-mile river, and on both sides are large flats that have been impacted by years of floods, enough to spread an army of more than 10,000 people. Tens of thousands of Long family soldiers formed an arrow formation, facing south. They heard a rumbling and snapping sound coming from the river ahead. Even the rapids in the river seemed to be pushed forward by some unknown force.

"Coming!" Long Taitian's hand suddenly grasped the handle of the knife, glanced at the sun above his head, then turned around and squinted at the huge hull that appeared in the distance of the river, and decisively ordered, "Get on the rocket, just put the If the first few ships are burned, the ships behind will naturally be blocked. At that time, as long as the family leader's army arrives, they can all be killed! "

"Fight!" Long Taitian's face was ferocious, and he suddenly pulled out the sword on his waist and shouted. The snowy light on the blade was reflected in the sun, and it turned out like a red light. It was a sword seized from the prairie people. It is said that this weapon is very famous on the grassland. Long Taitian felt that this knife was not only sharp but also seemed to have a special bloody smell, so he got it from Long Po and used it as his saber. If it was the grassland When people see this sword here, they will know that it is the Sirius sword of the Fengtai tribe, a descendant of the Golden Family on the grassland. It was the sword of a Khan King of the Golden Family in those days. It was famous on the grassland, but I don’t know how it came to be. The sword in Long Po's hands was not surprising, but Long Po killed tens of thousands of Fengtai troops in the battle at Dragon Stone Castle, including many noble clan leaders, young clan leaders, etc. It is not surprising to have such seizures.

"Fight!" The Long family's military formation shouted at the same time. Although there were only more than 10,000 people, they were all elite veterans who had experienced the brutal war in the north. Otherwise, Long Po would not be able to rest assured that he would only use 20,000 people to guard against the empire's march south. At this moment, under the agitation of the army leader Long Taitian, the sound of weapons and armor clashing was loud. The soldiers standing in front to protect their own shooters arched their front feet and put their back feet on the ground. Lowering his center of gravity and holding his shield in front of him, he raised countless fiery red arrows towards the huge bow of the rolling river pushing ahead.

On the bow of the boat, the Song shooters also stood side by side, with one row in front and another behind. Their eyes were just staring at the Long family's military formation on the river beach in front, shoot! Both sides shouted almost at the same time. Countless arrow clusters were fired at each other like a heavy rain, and people in the front row of both sides fell on their backs. The people behind are pushing each other

"Wow!" More than a dozen huge fireballs rose from the rear of the Long family's military formation. Under everyone's slightly changed eyes, they flew over a distance of more than a hundred meters like meteors and hit the leader of the Song clan hard. A ball of fire exploded on the side of the warship. Long Po was unable to find a catapult in a short time, but Long Taitian was responsible for guarding this place, and there were still more than a dozen catapults.

"Kill!" In the light of the fire, countless Song infantry jumped into the water from the side of the ship and rushed directly towards the Long family's military formation, vowing to cover the passage of the fleet. Life and death were a matter of this moment. After rushing over, Song The Song clan can survive, but if they can't rush through, the Song clan will die here.